Canterbury Stakes
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| Location | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse |
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| Inaugurated | 1929 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Cellarbrations (2013) |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1,300 metres |
| Track | Turf |
| Qualification | 3 year olds and over |
| Weight | weight-for-age |
| Purse | $350,000 (2013) |
The Canterbury Stakes is a Group 1 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and upwards at weight for age, over a distance of 1300 metres. It is held annually at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse in Sydney in the autumn.[1]
Race History
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Front cover of the 1932 STC Canterbury Stakes racebook
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1932 racebook showing race conditions & winner - Holdfast (3rd time)
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1932 STC Canterbury Stakes racebook
The race was always run at Canterbury Park Racecourse but after the Australian Jockey Club and the Sydney Turf Club implemented major program changes the race moved to Rosehill.[2]
Race distance
Amounis, 1929 winner Harold Jones up
Lough Neagh, 1934 winner
- 1929–1972 held over 6 furlongs (~1200m)
- 1973–2003 was held over 1200m
- 2004–2007 was held over 1300m
- 2008 was held over 1550m
- 2008 onwards held over 1300m
Race grade
- 1929–1978 - Principal race
- 1979–2012 - Group 2 race
- 2013 - Group 1
Race venue
- 1929–1996 - Canterbury
- 1997–1999 - Rosehill
- 2000–2003 - Canterbury
- 2004–2007 - Rosehill
- 2008 - Canterbury
- 2009 onwards - Rosehill
The winners
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† Change in scheduling of race from spring to autumn [8]
‡ Meeting abandoned [8]
References
- ↑ "Winners and Past Results for the Canterbury Stakes". Progroup Racing (Australia). 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "Sponsor announced for Royal Randwick Guineas". Australian Jockey Club. Thoroughbred News (Australia). 7 March 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ 2013 result
- ↑ 2012 result
- ↑ 2011 result
- ↑ 2010 result
- ↑ 2009 result
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Cellarbrations Canterbury Stakes 1300m Group 1 (Canterbury Stakes)". Australian Turf Club. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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